Lyroderma sinense

(Andersen & Wroughton, 1907)

Eastern Greater False-vampire

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Chiroptera
Suborder : Pteropodiformes
Superfamily : Rhinolophoidea
Family : Megadermatidae
Genus : Lyroderma

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Andersen, K.C. and Wroughton, R.C. 1907-02-01. On the bats of the family Megadermatidae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)19(110):129-145.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24254596

Original name as described

Eucheira sinensis

Other common names

Greater Asian False-vampire · Greater False-vampire

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1907.1.1.339

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/77696f0e-62de-4626-92fe-a84ed551b6e5

Type locality

Amoy, Fukien, China.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya · Palearctic

Country distribution

China · Thailand · Laos · Vietnam · Cambodia · Malaysia · Myanmar?

Taxonomy notes

split from L. lyra

Taxonomy notes citation

Feng, L., Győrössy, D., Portela Miguez, R., Kokkini, P., Görföl, T., Khan, S.A., Saikia, U., Talmale, S.S., Yu, W.-h., Liu, S.-y., Jiang, T.-l. and Csorba, G. 2024. A reassessment of the taxonomic status and distribution of the subspecies of _Lyroderma lyra_ (Chiroptera: Megadermatidae). Contributions to Zoology (in press). doi:10.1163/18759866-bja10073

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006898

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Eucheira sinensis

(Andersen & Wroughton, 1907)

Family

Megadermatidae

Root name

sinense

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1907.1.1.339

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/77696f0e-62de-4626-92fe-a84ed551b6e5

Authority page

136

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24254596

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Andersen & Wroughton (1907:136, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24254596) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16850)

Megaderma spasma

(Shih, 1930)

Family

Megadermatidae

Root name

spasma

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

misidentification

Authority page

1

Authority publication

Bulletin of the Biological Department of Sun Yat-sen University

M. l. sinensis

(Koopman, 1994)

Family

Megadermatidae

Root name

sinense

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

51

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

  1. Koopman (1994:51) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  3. Smith & Xie (2008:350) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)

Lyroderma sinense

L. Feng, Győrössy, Portela Miguez, Kokkini, T. Görföl, S. A. Khan, Saikia, Talmale, Yu Wenhua, Liu Shaoying, Jiang Tinglei, & Csorba, 2024

Family

Megadermatidae

Root name

sinense

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

18

Authority publication

Contributions to Zoology

Name usages

Feng, Győrössy, Portela Miguez, Kokkini, Görföl, Khan, Saikia, Talmale, Yu, Liu, Jiang & Csorba (2024:18) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68325)

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